Principal Electronics Engineer

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As a Principal Electronics Engineer at MKS you will partner with global customers crossfunctional engineering teams and internal technical stakeholders to architect design and support advanced electronics and FPGAbased this role you will be overseeing highperformance digital hardware system integration and customerfacing technical engagements.

Your day will involve driving complex digital system architecture leading FPGA development activities translating systemlevel specifications into detailed hardware and firmware requirements and supporting systemlevel troubleshooting and validation. You will regularly collaborate with international customers participate in technical discussions contribute to design reviews and support global engagements including occasional travel to customer sites.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Architecting and delivering complex digital systems integrating processors SoCs memory subsystems and highspeed digital interfaces.
• Leading FPGA development (Zynq Intel Cyclone) including RTL design timing closure constraints creation and integration with embedded teams.
• Translating highlevel system specifications into clear detailed engineering requirements that guide boardlevel hardware design FPGA architecture interface definitions and subsystem behaviors.
• Creating analytical modeldriven evaluations of digital circuits and systems timing budgets signal/power integrity behavior power modeling and performance analysis.
• Driving board-level digital hardware development including schematics component selection and handson PCB layout (including controlled impedance routing differential pairs stack-up definition power distribution and grounding strategy).
• Ensuring designs follow DfX (Manufacturing Testing Reliability Compliance) best practices.
• Leading PCBA bring-up digital debug system-level validation and structured root-cause investigations (8D/5Why).
• Producing high-quality engineering documentation including architecture descriptions interface specifications and customer-facing presentations.
• Presenting detailed design rationale modeling results and quantitative trade studies to international customers and internal engineering stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment demonstrating a strong commitment to shared problemsolving open crossfunctional communication and a willingness to contribute beyond defined role boundaries.
• Collaborating with international customers and partners facilitating technical brainstorming sessions and supporting global engagements with occasional overseas travel.

Skills You Bring:

• 8 years of experience in highperformance digital hardware design FPGA development and complex system integration.
• Strong FPGA expertise: RTL architecture synthesis Static Timing Analysis (STA) timing closure and SoC/processortoFPGA integration.
• Ability to perform handson PCB layout including:
  • High-speed routing
  • Differential pair layout
  • Controlled impedance routing
  • Power distribution and grounding strategy
  • Layer stack up selection and constraints
• Deep analytical and modeling skills for:
  • Digital timing analysis
  • Power/thermal estimation
  • Signal/power integrity modeling
  • Behavioral/electrical modeling (SPICE MATLAB Simulink IBIS etc.)
• Strong system-level understanding of high-speed digital interfaces (DDR/LPDDR PCIe Ethernet USB LVDS gigabit links).
• Excellent technical documentation design reporting and engineering writing skills.
• Outstanding presentation and communication skills comfortable speaking with international customers.
• Experience leading structured problem solving (8D 5Why) and providing clear data-supported conclusions.
• Proficiency with lab debug tools (oscilloscopes logic analyzers protocol analyzers boundary-scan/JTAG).
• Bachelors degree in EE/CE (Masters or PhD preferred).

Preferred Skills: (Optional)

• Expertise with heterogeneous SoCs where ARM processing cores DSP units and FPGA logic coexist and interact through high-speed internal buses
• Expertise using EDA/PCB and FPGA tools such as Altium Designer Vivado/Vitis and Quartus.
• Familiarity with advanced Signal/Power Integrity and high-speed analysis tools (HyperLynx SIwave ADS).
• Experience writing system architecture documents and customer-facing technical collateral.
• Experience working with overseas CMs and global customers.
• Leadership in establishing best practices for digital design flows FPGA development processes documentation standards and validation workflows.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary Pay Range: $126200.00 - $210350.00 USD per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position based on a wide range of factors including qualifications experience and training operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.

Bonus: This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in an amount to be determined by MKS.

Benefits: MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance coverage (medical dental and vision) 401(k) with company match life and disability insurance 12 paid holidays sick time 15 paid vacation days 6 weeks fully paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.

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